He must be doing something right – Kubica wins Personality of the Year award

I wasn’t really sure how to begin this post. For a guy who, according to some, does not really know how to celebrate his victories nor show the respect towards the sport, Kubica is remarkably popular. Some say he does not respect his team either. All he ever thinks of is Formula 1. And while you might think it’s perfectly fine to pursue this dream and work hard to turn it into reality once again, people without dreams will not understand. They said Kubica should give up his WRC2 title and give it to someone who will “show proper respect”. Now, that does sound a bit Lannister, don’t you think.

But after all this, here he is, smiling and holding the brand new Personality of the Year award. Kubica did not win this particular trophy just because FIA the motorsport journalists (I received a very kind slap on the wrists for claiming this award is FIA’s doing, instead of group of journos) went all “Awww” and decide to pay respect to his title and his remarkable recovery and persistence. It’s not a “there, there” pat-on-the-back kind of award. Kubica had to “beat” the likes of Sebs, both Ogier and Vettel, Chris Horner, Tom Kristensen… And that “personality” bit must also mean he is, you know, liked and admired and respected for his work, but not his work alone.

He must be doing something right. Either that or FIA is giving awards without any merit and Kubica’s fans are actually payed to serve his goals. I hope people stop being silly about Kubica and his abilities, skills and desires. Come on. Before some nut proclaims Kubica is only popular in high circles because of his rich friends and powerful sponsors. Hey, this description does remind me of someone, and it’s not Kubica.

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Kubica is doing EVERYTHING right. Basically he is fast tracking a career in WRC – against career Rally drivers. but what is more special is that he is doing it as essentially a disabled driver, coming back from the most dreadful of crashes.

WRC must be doing so well if we can afford to quarrel over whether a very capable driver is worthy of a title he actually won by, well, driving, or not. Everything else about the WRC and rallying in general must be utterly boring, so Kubica is the WRC’s most urgent and biggest problem.

How about we let him prove his worth next year in a full season of WRC? And then try and judge him by his driving. Because if suddenly personalities are so important and crucial, we might start running short of drivers who fit our corporate-y needs.

Do you want drivers to be honest or you want them to sound like Seb Vettel after each pole position on radio to his team?

Marko S.

He has proven this year what kind of a driver he is. At first I had my doubts since he crashed out few times, but more into the season he’s shown outstanding learning curve, kept it cool and blew away the competition by the end of the year. As for his personality – who cares about something like that as long as he’s driving the way he is?!